Kentucky_Conservative
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- Oct 13, 2019
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Those of you who have followed the series that is now in its TENTH season may continue to watch each episode with a subconscious desire to actually live in such a world. TWD is not about the flesh eating "walkers" although they do add a healthy dose of carnage and mayhem to the series.
TWD is about a society of people trying to exist in a world where you are completely responsible for your own survival. Personal accountability is the order of the day. There is NO safety net.
There are no welfare offices, no food stamps, no laws, no police, no IRS agents, no Wal-Marts, no gas stations. No auto repair centers, no malls, no jobs, no wages, no taxes, no courts, no judges, no radio or TV, no Internet, no cell phones, no assurance that you will live another minute, except for your own instincts and your own desire to survive.
The world represented by TWD is a romantic and seductive Eden of sorts, where YOU decide whether or not you will eat, bathe, sleep, have sex, or get exercise, for example. There is NO authority to answer to, except that which each community establishes by choosing a leader, or a group of leaders who are expected to make the bigger decisions in the best interests of the group.
Even with that, you can at any time say, "'I'm outta here!" and leave the community to go in search of greener pastures. No one has the authority to stop you or tell you that you must stay and contribute to the common good. If you ARE a part of the community, you are expected to pull your own weight. You are responsible for your own defense, you own existence. You are not "entitled" to food, water, clothing or shelter, but that which exists is shared with you, IF you contributed to producing it. Your participation in the group is expected, in exchange for shared benefits: "I will sleep while you keep watch..."
When I look at the world the way it is today, I almost wish that we would arrive at a post apocalyptic world, and end this miserable rat race we call present day society. I might be bitten and die on the first day, or I might find that I am adept at surviving in a world where I rely only on myself. However it may play out, one must admit that it is still more attractive than anything we can experience today, if one is HONEST.
TWD is about a society of people trying to exist in a world where you are completely responsible for your own survival. Personal accountability is the order of the day. There is NO safety net.
There are no welfare offices, no food stamps, no laws, no police, no IRS agents, no Wal-Marts, no gas stations. No auto repair centers, no malls, no jobs, no wages, no taxes, no courts, no judges, no radio or TV, no Internet, no cell phones, no assurance that you will live another minute, except for your own instincts and your own desire to survive.
The world represented by TWD is a romantic and seductive Eden of sorts, where YOU decide whether or not you will eat, bathe, sleep, have sex, or get exercise, for example. There is NO authority to answer to, except that which each community establishes by choosing a leader, or a group of leaders who are expected to make the bigger decisions in the best interests of the group.
Even with that, you can at any time say, "'I'm outta here!" and leave the community to go in search of greener pastures. No one has the authority to stop you or tell you that you must stay and contribute to the common good. If you ARE a part of the community, you are expected to pull your own weight. You are responsible for your own defense, you own existence. You are not "entitled" to food, water, clothing or shelter, but that which exists is shared with you, IF you contributed to producing it. Your participation in the group is expected, in exchange for shared benefits: "I will sleep while you keep watch..."
When I look at the world the way it is today, I almost wish that we would arrive at a post apocalyptic world, and end this miserable rat race we call present day society. I might be bitten and die on the first day, or I might find that I am adept at surviving in a world where I rely only on myself. However it may play out, one must admit that it is still more attractive than anything we can experience today, if one is HONEST.